North Bay Business Journal

Spotlight: Leaders in Human Resources

Human resources leaders selected from the North Bay’s 10 largest employers from each county and the region’s staffing companies. Professionals listed alphabetically.

Agilent sees gains in first quarter

SANTA ROSA – First-quarter profits for Agilent Technologies’ Electronic Measurement Group, headquartered in Santa Rosa, were $64 million above last year’s, mostly due to restructuring. Revenues were slightly down.

Agilent as a whole saw revenues of $1.21 billion, up 4 percent from the first quarter of last year.

Agilent sells network solutions business to JDSU

SANTA ROSA – Today Agilent Technologies announced it will sell its network solutions business to JDS Uniphase for $165 million in cash.

The business group includes Agilent’s network assurance solutions, network protocol test and drive test products, which had revenues of $162 million in 2009. The group employs about 700 workers, with headquarters in Santa Rosa and operations in Colorado, the U.K., Singapore and China.

Agilent platform pushes envelope

SANTA ROSA – An advanced measurement platform developed by the Component Test Division at Agilent Technologies in Santa Rosa got a seal of approval from Microwaves and RF magazine, which named it one of the top products of 2009.

2010 Trends: Tech enters year with momentum

NORTH BAY – Economic woes will continue to flatten profits and impact staff in the high-tech and biotech sectors, but investors haven’t deserted the North Bay.

$50 million ‘Project Viva’ transforms Santa Rosa campus

Approximately 500,000 pounds of steel have been added to three Agilent Technologies buildings located at 1400 Fountaingrove Parkway in Santa Rosa.

Agilent acquires Keithley’s Santa Rosa unit for $9M

SANTA ROSA — Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A), which employs 1,000 in Santa Rosa, where its test and measurement group is based, signed a $9 million deal with Cleveland-based Keithley Instruments (NYSE: KEI) to acquire a product line under development in Santa Rosa.

Projects to be honored for excellence, contributions to North Bay

NORTH BAY – The Business Journal will honor 11 North Bay real estate projects and the key industry players who made them possible at its fourth-annual 2009 Top Projects Awards reception on Dec. 10.

Machining apprentice program expanding

PETALUMA – A little-known apprenticeship program that supports a growing machining industry in the North Bay is looking to expand its territory.

Agilent Q3 revenues down 27% from a year ago

SANTA ROSA – Agilent Technologies Inc. reported third quarter revenues 27 percent below last year’s revenues for the same quarter, but company executives expressed hope that its markets have bottomed out.

SSU business students step into the field to learn

ROHNERT PARK – Students at Sonoma State University’s School of Business are trying out a new way of learning operations management by attending classes onsite at local companies.

Business Journal Q&A: Ron Nersesian, Agilent Technologies

SANTA ROSA – Ron Nersesian has taken the helm of Agilent Technologies’ Electronic Measurement Group as senior vice president and general manager during one of the most challenging periods faced by the company in recent years.

Chamber, RCU, schools partner on financial education

NORTH BAY – Redwood Credit Union, along with Santa Rosa City Schools and the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce, is hosting a course in financial literacy for high school students this summer.

County hopes for 1,000 electric cars

SONOMA COUNTY – An ambitious plan to bring 1,000 electric-powered vehicles to the county starting next year could get rolling as early as this summer if the many moving components mesh.